Personal Development - What does it mean to you?

I definately don't think it's a bunch of mystical junk. People are always changing, either for the better or the worse. I think personal development is the creation of goals and the path by which we mean to obtain these various goals. I think we can always improve ourselves and we have to use personal development to do so.

I think everything you feel comfortable with is good. Some people feel comfortable with that, others feel comfortable with something else. When you are feeling good and you feel you are on the right track, that is great. I think that is why we are here, to learn. Personal Development is very important when you want to achieve "learning."Becoming a better person for yourself and for others. I practise Yoga exercises for my back, but somehow it makes me feel calm and I sleep a lot better. My pains in my legs are gone and my back is doing much better. Auto-gene training I practise too, so I can focus on good things in life. At the same time focusing on my health. Reiki I practise too. I have done the 1st and 2nd stage. This gives me hope when I am down. To others around me, it is mystical junk, but I feel good about it. There loss not mine.

It is not possible to abstain from growing and developing. Therefore I take a much more relaxed approach to my life than many others do who are efforting at growth. I am finally relaxing and ALLOWING my life to unfold. Of course I deliberately choose the thoughts I entertain to ensure that it unfolds in a way that is pleasing to me. And I diligently examine my beliefs and change the ones that do not serve me to more beneficial ones. Do I think developing into the new and improved version of myself is mystical? Yes I do!!!

I also believe that personal development is an improvement in attitude ,behaviour ,characterand in our day to day life.After reading your discussion I have learnt to follow your way of developing myself .It is a superb guide to me .

My friend, you ARE on the way to a brighter future. What you are studying IS NOT a bunch of mystical junk, as you put it. As an extra bonus, you may want to indulge yourself in reading up on some N.L.P. (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Any book on this subject will do. Personal development BEGINS with keeping an open mind, and...imagination / visualization, is key! Good for you! cdrxo

Personal Development for me is about taking me from where I am in my life to where I want to go. I am at cause in my life and not at the affect of it when I engage in personal growth. I identified personal development curricula that facilitates and suits my personal learning style -motivational, inspiring and stimulating DVD's, a personal and practical 180 day home course where I follow a series of exercises and journal everyday...for the rest of my life now that I find it a consistent way to be in touch with where I am in relation to the vision I set for myself. Then I go to motivational conferences three to four times a year anything from one day to a five day program. I am fully alive again and feel that the possibilities for me are whatever I want them to be so long as I take action everyday to achieve my goals -to relax more, be fully present with my family and friends, mindful when I do my Tai Chi and exercise, appreciate the world around me and radiate positive energy to the Universal store that keeps us all going. I have committed to this journey and that is the difference between now and before. I used to practice parts of this program but never integrated it into my life so its who I am being every day...that is the difference...making the choice to be responsible for my own happiness and success in my life. Despite all the adversities there is a way to stay focused and make them possibilities for change and that is the magic dust...always evolving...what a great feeling it is.

Wish You All the Best In Achieving your Goals, Scotty Howz You Doing Bro .. I Follow Everything What you Have Mentioned .. I Always Give Positive affirmations To Myself(when I do Remember) .. I Don't Write down Anything .. I Don't Introspect .. You Are a Very Systematic Guy .. It's Really Wonderful To Hear A Person So much Into Building An Image For Himself .. Keep It Going ..

I have always been attracted to motivational books and books about personal development. I have read a lot of different books, but Wayne Dyer is my favourtie author, and his books have been very useful for me. I have a notebook where I write down my goals and how I plan to archieve them. I have just started making new goals a few days ago, and I look forward to writing about the rest of my goals. I have another notebook where I write down the things that I am grateful for. So far there are more than 600 people/things on my list, and I write about big things as well as small things. I used to have a dream journal, too, but I haven't used it recently. I have also used meditation in the past. I don't meditate very often at the moment, but it has been a help for me earlier in my life. I use affirmations a lot, I write them down and I combine them with some beautiful pictures. Sometimes I turn my affirmations into songs, and that has been a great tool for me, because after a while songs keep on "playing" in my head even when I don't think about them. It is like a pop song that you can't get out of you head again, but my songs are more useful, because they were created for me and they focus on the things that I want in my life.

Personality development is definitely not mystical junk.I think it is admirable if a person is constantly trying to remove the unwanted aspects of his personality and adding those aspects which make him more amiable,pleasant,smarter and ultimately successful.When one is comfortable dealing with others ,others also look forward to dealing with such an individual.It is great to know that you read self development books by Napoleon Hill.Recently I've enrolled with a group where one has to speak on desire,belief,persistence and goal setting. Herein i see a similarity in what you are trying to do and my present assignment.Keeping A vision board which reminds you of what your goals are will constantly remind you of the task at hand.I also always try to remove the negative aspects of my personality and replace them with positive thoughts and deeds.I support you in your endeavor to improve yourself and wish you success.

I sure don't think that personal development is a bunch of junk. I beleive that people are always changing and developing throughout their lives. I think that in able to do it in a positive manner you have to have a path laid out that you want to take. For example, I've been working on changing the attitude that I sometimes have with my children. With them it is a one day at a time type of thing, but it is something that if I lay out my goals for each day it is something that is definitely do-able.

It`s not a bunch of mystical junk..i also read books on modern psychology.our main problem is we often think that our effort should be finished once we fail then we`ll almost have no fighting spirit...we don`t know how many times we fail how many times we succeed..it`s about our attitutde how to deal with that..keep positive!

Personal development means a lot to me. I define it by a means of improving oneself in all aspects to improve. For me, it means generally becoming a better person and more successful in life. I read a lot and I try to learn from the people around me. I set goals and time lines to see my progress because I think if you do not set any goals, you wouldnt now how to define success and then you wouldn't even know how to achieve it. I dont think it's a bunch of mystical junk although I have friends who think it is. Everyday is a new day and we can all learn something. Learning is a life long process if you're open to it.

To me personal development is deepening my connection with myself, others and spirit. Learning to love myself more so I can stay open hearted. The more open hearted I am, the better I am out there in the world on all levels. In my relationships, career, taking care of myself physically. The actions I take is always trying to look at my behavior/actions and see how I am showing up out there. Take courses like Omega I, II, and III, and I'm doing a Harvel Hendriks workshop at the end of the month. I read books like Eckhart Tolle, and other spiritual books. I pay attention to my life and how I am living it, working at being present in the precious moments that life has given us. I look at my actions to see if they are mirroring who I want to be or think I am. If I behave poorly or react to a situation I examine why I behaved in a such a way. I do my best at remembering to be grateful for all of my many blessing, and send love to those less fortunate. I am a work in process and know that this is my lives journey, and path. If that's mystical junk, then yes, I think it is all mystical junk.